Container for talking-machine styli



H. 0. BROWN AND E. JOHN. CONTAINERFOR TALKING MACHINE STYLI- APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8, 1916- RENEWED JUNE 4,1920.

1 350,294, Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

IN VENTORJ- WITNESS I 67 (j /Nu yflul'fww M A TTORNEYO' v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY 0. BROWN, 01 MERION, AND ERNEST JOHN, OF

ASSIGNORS TO VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed March 18, 1916, Serial No. 85,058. Renewed June 4, 1920. Serial No. 386.580.

. To all whom it may concern: o

Be itv known that we, HENRY C. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Merion, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania, and ERNEST JOHN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Ardmore, county of Mongomery, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Containers for Talking-Machine Styli, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

Talking machine styli or needles, especially those adapted for use with the ramophone type of talking machine, have eretofore generally been marketed in packages or envelo s, each having a relatively large number 0 styli loosely contained therein. Styli of this-sort are relatively inexpensive, are generally discarded after being once employed in the reproduction of sound, and are frequently purchased in relativelylarge numbers by the user. Recently, however, another form of talking machine stylus has been placed upon the market which is adapted to be used repeatedly, whereby the reproduction of sound from a very large number of records may be accomplished with the employment of but a single stylus.

These styli are relatively much more expensive than the ordinary form of styli heretofore employed and it is therefore desirable to market tlie same in such manner that each stylus shall reach the consumer in perfect condition and shall so remain until it is desired to use it for the reproduction of sound. F nrthermore, as such styli are not generally purchased in quantities, as is the ordinary form of stylus, but onlya few at a time, a container or packa e for .their reception may preferably e adapted to hold but a relatively small number of styli. 1 v

"A principal object of our invention, therefore, is to provide a novel container or package in WhlCh talking machine styli may be marketed, which shall serve to keep the styli contained therein free from dust or corrosion and from which, when desired, any of the characteristics'which shall be attractive in appearance, which shall maintain the conwith portions broken away for the sake of ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA,

clearness and showing a container adapted for the reception of, and containing, four styli, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

That form of the invention shown comprisesa body 1, preferably formed of a flat oblon sheet of cardboard, strawboard, or the li e, provided with one or more apertures 22 extending completely through the body and preferably located somewhat above the center line thereof, when viewed in the position shown in-Fig. 1. These apertures may be of any desired shape, those shown being circular in contour and of a diameter substantially equal to one-half the length of the styli 4 for the reception of which the container is intended,- and which of course may be of any suitable form, those illustrated being merely typical, the thickness of the body being also substantially equal to, or a little greater than, the diameter of the shanks of the st li.

Extending ra ially from each apertureis a slot 5 preferably just wide enough to ment of the invention, the slots are arranged to extend downwardly across the center line of the body 1, as shown in the drawing.

On each side of the bod and 'covering the apertures and the slots t erein when the position by a suitable adhesive, each sheet 1 smaller in size the body 1. and the being preferably slightly than, but snnilar'in shape to, Surrounding both the sheets (i, 7

body is located an enveloping cover 9, preferably formed of a' single sheet of opaque paper. or the like, in width substantially equal to the length of the body. The length of the cover may preferably be such that when one end 10 thereof is pasted adjacent an edge 11 of the body, the cover may be carried around both sides of the body outside of the transparent sheets 6, 7, and its other end 12 brought down to terminate adjacent the edge 11 of the body, thus completely enveloping both the body and the transparent sheets Within the cover, a suitable adhesive being applied to the under side of the cover to secure the same permanently in position. The cover is provided with a pair of openings 14, 15 corresponding to each aperture 2 in the body and arranged to register therewith when the cover is in position, as best shown in Fig. 2, so that in the assembled container the apertures will be entirely uncovered except for the thin sheets of transparent material 6, 7 which lie substantially in the surface planes of the sides of the body, the slots 5 and those portions of the shanks of the styli contained therein being hidden beneath the cover.

It will be understood that the various elements are first cut out by suitable machinery, or otherwise, and thereafter assembled to form the complete container with the styli therein, preferably by first pasting one of the transparent sheets in position on one side of the body, inserting the styli with their shanks in the slots 5 and their points projecting in the apertures 2, pasting the other sheet of transparent material over the other side of the body to cover the styli, and then finally pasting the end 10 of the cover adjacent one of the long edges 11 of the body, and thence carrying the cover com pletely around the body to terminate adjacent the same edge in such manner that the openings 14, 15 will correctly register with the corresponding apertures 2, sufficient adhesive being applied to the under side of the cover to secure it firmly in position.

It will be evident that after the completion of this operation each stylus will beseeurely positioned in the container, that portion of each stylus extending in the slot 5 being invisible and that portion projecting into the aperture being more or less clearly visible, depending upon the transparency of the sheets 6, 7 by which it is covered. In practice these sheets are preferably made of material sufficiently transparent to permit the point of the stylus tobe readily visible.

without the necessity of holding the same up to the light.

It will be further evident that the assembled container -wit'h the styli positioned therein constitutes a substantially flat package whieh lends itself readily to transportation and commercial handling and in which the styli are maintained secure from corrosion and other damage indefinitely, and that at any time one or more of the styli may readily! be removed from the container by pushing the point of the stylus outwardly through one of the transparent sheets by means of suitable pressure applied against the other sheet conveniently by the thumb or finger, without in any way disturbing any of the other styli in the container, and that after all of the styli have been removed from the container the same may be discarded.

While we have herein illustrated and de-- scribed a preferred embodiment of our invention with considerable particularity, we do not thereby desire or intend to limit ourselves specifically thereto, as it will be evident that various minor changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the various details of our invention and that the various elements may be assembled in any way desired other than that which we have outlined and that the container may be adapted for the reception of any desired number of styli without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A container for talking machine styli comprising a body having an aperture and a slot communicating therewith, transparent material on each side of said body coverin said aperture, and a cover enveloping said body and having openings registering with said aperture, the sides of said slots bein adapted to wedge between them the shank of a stylus and to direct the point of a stylus into said aperture.

2. A container for a talking machine stylus comprising a body of thickness substantially equal to the diameter of a stylus and having an aperture and a slot communicating therewith, transparent material covering said aperture, and a cover having an opening in register with said aperture, the sides of said slot being adapted to wedge between them a portion of a talking ma' chine stylus and to direct another portion into said aperture.

3. A container for a talking machine stylus comprising a body having an aperture and a slot adapted to receive the shank of a stylus communicating therewith, a sheet of transparent material secured on each side of said body and covering said aperture, and a relatively opaque cover surrounding said body and said sheets and having openings adapted to register with said apertures whereby the point of a stylus having its shank positioned in said slot is visible through said sheets.

4. A container for a talking machine stylus comprising a body substantially equal in thickness to the diameter of a stylus and having an aperture and a slot adapted to receive the shank of a stylus communicating therewith, the width of said slot bein subv stantially equal to the thickness 0 said body, a sheet of transparent material sewith said aperture whereby ,any portion of 20 a stylus projecting in said aperture is visible through said sheets and any portion of a stylus in said slot is rendered invisible by said cover.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set 25 our hands this 16th day of March, A. D 1916.

HENRY 0. BROWN. ERNEST JOH 

